< br />No, the coronavirus did not originate from beer as recent search trends may suggest. Experts believe it may have originated from bat soup at an open air market in Wuhan, China...whose mayor failed to disclose the severity of the situation to citizens until he received permission from the central Chinese communist government. How fast IS it spreading? Will it be comparable to the 1918 Spanish flu? How will its spread affect the U.S. economy as Chinese manufacturers are put on curfews or quarantined, and can we even believe the numbers China is giving us?